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July 20, 2009
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince Review
We just saw Harry Potter 6. I thought it was satisfactory, certainly up to the HP franchise standards, but I disagreed with the critics who said that HP6 was the best Potter yet. I actually thought HP5 was better in terms of the action. But I did get a sense of satisfaction in HP6 for 3 reasons: 1) it gave crucial information that relates to the end of the saga, 2) I felt a sense of relief after having waited SOOOOO long for this movie to be released and 3) the humor was GREAT! All those teenage hormones...HA!! Were we this goofy when we were teens?!? I was happy that Hermione finally admitted (at least to Ginny & Harry) that she was in love with Ron and that Ginny and Harry are finally together. :)
Christy M. told me to bring a LOT of tissues because, well, if you've read the book, you KNOW what happens! As it turns out, I did cry, but not as much as I thought I would. The scene was not as sad-seeming as I expected, though it did live up to the book and more (I enjoyed the multiple lit wands in the air).
A few things I didn't like: 1) the added scene at the Burrough, especially because of what happened to the Burrough. 2) in that scene and many others, they reused sounds from the HP6--namely, Bellatrix's cackling line "I KILLED SIRIUS BLACK!" And Professor Umbridge's "I will have ORDER!" (It was obvious to those of us who are nitpicky fans. They also re-used a LOT of the music from HP5 melody for melody, note for note--particularly in the Quidditch scene. And without even bothering to rewrite the melodies to make it fresh for a new movie! Don't get me wrong, I think Nicholas Hooper's a great composer and I loved his music for HP5, but I think it should have stayed with that movie only. It made the music seem stale and unoriginal. 3) Even though I know because I read the books, they never explained in the movie why Snape was known as "The Half-Blood Prince."
Overall, though, I do recommend it. And even though it was 2 1/2 hours long, it didn't seem like it at all.
Posted by Amy at July 20, 2009 09:00 AM
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